Sentences with phrase «from fictional tales»

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Much of your argument such as I've seen, for your sky fairy (and I really think that is an appropriate term for your obviously fictional deity with all the self - contradictory tales about it in the bible), really seems to consist of a combination of willed ignorance and arguments from ignorance.

The Alchemist is the popular fictional tale of a boy named Santiago whose quest takes him from southern Spain to the treacherous deserts of northern Africa in search of a treasure that comes to him in a dream.

Ripped from the headlines, keenly researched and carefully crafted, this fictional tale has near - universal resonance although some viewers may find it forbiddingly French in that talk, talk and more talk is as plentiful as are distinctive characters and punchy imagery.

«Almost Famous» (2000) Crowe's been consistently unafraid to draw from his own experiences, but his epic «Almost Famous» is certainly his most autobiographical work, telling the tale of how, as an underage high - schooler, he ended up working at Rolling Stone magazine (in this case, covering fictional band Stillwater), falling in love, and coming of age.

In a departure from his formula wise - guy character that early»80s audiences were accustomed to, Eddie Murphy stars in this modern romantic fairy tale as twenty - one year old Prince Akeem, heir to the rich, fictional, African kingdom of Zamunda.

It's a bizarre tale about James (Mooney), who's stolen from his family as a child, then raised to love a fictional TV show called Brigsby Bear by his kidnappers, designed only to keep him from wanting to escape.

The tale is fictional, but the events, from the fall of the Third Reich to the Kennedy - era Cold War are real, and their fine - tuned depiction gives an air of both gravitas and authenticity to this cautionary tale.

In the past decade, Anderson has taken us from on board an eccentric oceanographer's submarine while he seeks revenge on a glow - in - the - dark shark, to a luxury train travelling across India whilst three brothers seek spiritual enlightenment, to the tale of an anthropomorphic fox as he outsmarts three dim - witted farmers, and then to a fictional island off the coast of New England where two love - struck teenagers decide to elope after meeting at an amateur performance of Noye's Fludde.

While the names and some details have been changed, the following tale is far from fictional.

From informative nonfiction reads to silly fictional tales, this list separated by grade level will help kids — and adults — stay on top of their reading.

Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, J. P. Morgan, Evelyn Nesbit, Sigmund Freud, and Emiliano Zapata slip in and out of the tale, crossing paths with Doctorow's imagined family and other fictional characters, including an immigrant peddler and a ragtime musician from Harlem whose insistence on a point of justice drives him to revolutionary violence.

I write a couple of different series — the Baba Yaga series, based on an updated version of the Russian fairy tale witch; the Veiled Magic series, about a witch - cop in a fictional world much like ours; and my new Broken Rider series, which is a spin - off from the Baba Yagas.

Inspired by the 18th - century painter William Hogarth's moral tale, A Rake's Progress, the tapestries follow the life of a fictional character called Tim Rakewell, as he develops from infancy through his teenage and middle years, to his untimely death in a bloody car accident.

Santos de Shafter is based on a fictional tale of a saint from Shafter, Texas.

Using a vast array of fictional characters and iconographic motifs and codes, Rosen frequently refers to, and transforms, not only the canon of the historical avant - garde and transgressive traditions from the Marquis de Sade to Georges Bataille, but also popular media, political propaganda, and classic children's fairy tales.

Healy refers to the publications collected from Cecil Court, and will tell a fragmented tale revolving around a fictional narrator who is both an architect and a shaman.

Making the move from mobile devices to the desktop would mean the fictional tale portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix in «Her» has potential to be real.